Sarantine Universe reading order

A plan for the whole series

4 volumes, 2,303 pages, about 40 hours. At 45 min a day that is about 8 weeks.

Stages

3 stages, with 2 short books from outside the series between them. You finish around January 1, 2027, 8 days later than in one go.

1. 1
   Stage 117 habout 3 weeksby November 20, 2026

   • 1. Sailing to Sarantium1998 · 415 pages · 8 h
   • 3. The Last Light of the Sun2004 · 501 pages · 9 h
2. Short breakThe Fire Next Time · James Baldwin · 120 pp. · score 8.82 h, by November 24, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
3. 2
   Stage 211 h14 daysby December 8, 2026

   • 4. The Lions of Al-Rassan1995 · ≈ 576 pages · 11 h
4. Short breakOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century · Timothy Snyder · 128 pp. · score 8.42 h, by December 13, 2026. A short book from another shelf, so you come back to the series hungry.
5. 3
   Stage 315 h20 daysby January 1, 2027

   • 7. Children of Earth and Sky2016 · 811 pages · 15 h
6. The end of the series

   January 1, 2027

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